just on wednesday we heard secretary of state john kerry say that the united states was not looking for a rerun of the cold war here but he did say that there would be an international backlash. there would be consequences to the russians if they decided to take this tack. it is especially sensitive since the russians opposed any military intervention in syria or in iran, to, where the united states of course is trying to advance its, its agenda, its policy agenda, but right now i don't think we know much more than what the officials are telling us on background and we're waiting for the presiient to clarify the situation for us, gerri. gerri: we're waiting for the president and presumably he will be moving to that podium at any minute to give us details on this developing crisis. you know, peter, we talk about this kind of issue and have been talking about the reining on a lot this week. let's talk a little bit what's led up to today, the kinds of events, the kinds of protests, the kind of unrest that we've seen. what do you say? >> well, actually, gerri, we do have a little bit more n